VANCOUVER – The National Science Foundation has awarded a grant of $382,109 to WSU Vancouver and Scott Wallace, assistant professor of computer science, in support of the Northwest Distributed Computer Science Department. The project seeks to develop a unique educational community within the Pacific Northwest by uniting educations who are devoted to sharing knowledge, […]
Photo: Willie Heggins, top, with children on playground equipment his classs purchased and installed (Photo by Robert Hubner, WSU Photo Services). A leadership studies minor, revived in 2006, has developed such allegiance that students are working to create an endowed scholarship for it. The program was created in 1994 at the College of Education, […]
“Magic bullets.” Professor Bill Davis uses that term to explain monoclonal antibodies to the scientifically uninitiated. Davis, who joined the faculty of the College of Veterinary Medicine in 1968, is an internationally known researcher investigating antibody function and the immune response to infectious agents. Cells of the immune system, which help prevent disease […]
Photo: Dan Maher and Annie Hubble decked out as Renaissance Fair royalty. (Photo by Robert Hubner, WSU Photo Services). Dan Maher will reign as king of the Moscow Renaissance Fair. The title is temporary, since he will rule only May 5-6 during Moscow’s 34th annual celebration of spring. However, the honor is real because Maher, […]
Policy-makers and practitioners in the arena of international affairs and business will visit the Washington State University Pullman campus and meet with students as part of the new “Global Learning Community.” The project is set to debut in Coman Hall in the fall semester 2007. “The Global Learning Community is a cutting edge innovation for […]
SPOKANE – Washington State University Interdisciplinary Design students are kicking off the spring semester with a charrette (an intense design and problem solving process of limited duration) to develop new ideas for a revitalized downtown Hillyard along North Market Street in Spokane. The 24 teams of four students will meet Jan. 10 at 2 p.m. […]
The importance of community and social life in the learning process is the topic of a lecture to be given by Jean Lave, a social anthropologist interested in social theory, at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 20, in Todd 276. Refreshments will follow. The event is sponsored by the Engineering Education Research Center and the President’s […]
The Bank of America is the latest member of a partnership led by WSU working to create information-based jobs in rural Washington. The bank joins WSU’s Center to Bridge the Digital Divide, the U.S. Economic Development Administration, the Washington State Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development, Stone Soup, CenturyTel and other entities in providing […]
WSU Vancouver will host “Many voices, one nation, one night @ your library,” an engaging evening in which community members are invited to join faculty and staff in reading aloud from book passages that represent the community’s rich heritage, on Monday, April 3 at 7 p.m. in the Library Building, Room 100.Faculty, staff and students will […]
James J. Zuiches, a professor in Washington State University’s department of community and rural sociology and a former dean of the College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences, will assume duties as vice chancellor for extension, engagement and economic development at North Carolina State University starting March 15. In his new role, Zuiches […]